DECLARATION OF DEFIANCE
Civil society leaders recently launched what’s been dubbed a “NATO for nonprofits” — a mutual defense pact where organizations pledge to rally behind any group targeted by Trump’s revenge machine. Hollywood leaders have done the same for the entertainment industry.
Now we must do it for individuals. If President Trump keeps weaponizing government to go after elected leaders, whistleblowers, or other opposition figures, they shouldn’t have to stand alone. We should make it clear, in advance, that we’ll stand with them.
A first wave of former government officials has come together to launch the DECLARATION OF DEFIANCE for exactly that purpose. See below. You can sign here!
NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR POLITICAL RETALIATION.
We will stand together against it.
And we must defend one another when attacked.
Jeff Modisett
Former Indiana Attorney General
Brian P. McKeon
Former Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
Chris Gorman
Former Attorney General of Kentucky
Stephanie Grisham
Former White House Press Secretary
Richard Lyman
Senior Advisor to former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld
Marty Linsky
Former Massachusetts Republican State Representative
Paul Rosenzweig
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS
Ty Cobb
Former White House Special Counsel and federal prosecutor
Bob Inglis
Former Member of Congress
Alexander Vindman
Lt. Col (Ret.)
Emil H. Frankel
Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
Rosa Brooks
Former Counselor to the Undersecretary of Defense
Denver Lee Riggleman III
Former Member of Congress
Joe Walsh
Former Member of Congress
William Kristol
Former Chief of Staff to the Vice President, White House
Sidney Blumenthal
Former Assistant and Senior Advisor to President Clinton
Joyce Vance
Former U.S. Attorney
Hon. Paul W. Hodes
Former Member of Congress
Christopher Shays
Former Member of Congress
Kathy Boockvar
Former Pennsylvania Secretary of State
Reid Ribble
Former Member of Congress
Brad Miller
Former Member of Congress
Kevin W. Techau
Former U.S. Attorney
Barry R. Grissom
Former US.. Attorney
Murray Dickman
Assitant to the Attorney General
John Cavanaugh
Former Member of Congress
Gerry Sikorski
Former Member of Congress
Brian Baird
Former Member of Congress
Ben Chandler
Former Attorney General and Congressman from Kentucky
Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez
Former U.S. Special Representative for International Labor Affairs
Matt McHugh
Former Member of Congress
John W. Carlin
Former Governor of Kansas
James Greenwood
Former Member of Congress
Peter H Kostmayer
Former Member of Congress
Paul Begala
Former Counselor to the President, Clinton Administration
Mel Levine
Former Member of Congress
David Skaggs
Former Member of Congress
Matt Bennett
Former Deputy Assistant to the President, The White House
Jim Lewis
Former U.S. Attorney
Miles Taylor
Former DHS Chief of Staff
David Lapan
Former DoD and DHS spokesman
Karan English
Former Member of Congress
Richard Gephardt
Former Member of Congress
Gregory P. Wilson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Russ Carnahan
Former Member of Congress
Joe Hoeffel
Former Member of Congress
Joe Hunter
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior
Robert F. Orr
Justice (retired)
Mark Udall
Former U.S. Senator Colorado
Olivia Troye
Former White House Homeland Security Advisor, Trump Administration
Mickey Edwards
Former Member of Congress
Karen Loeffler
Former U.S. Attorney
Barbara Comstock
Former Member of Congress
Mark Harvey
Former National Security Official, The White House
Desiree Cormier Smith
Former Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice
Claudine Scheider
Former Member of Congress
Seth Wayne
Former Trial Attorney, DOJ Civil Rights Division
Julia Gegenheimer
Former DOJ Special Litigation Counsel and Assistant Special Counsel
Mary B. McCord
Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Les AuCoin
Former Member of Congress
Russ Feingold
Former U.S. Senator, Wisconsin
John M. Mitnick
Former Associate Counsel to the President; former General Counsel, DHS